Roger Nelson

Roger Nelson (1759-7 June 1815) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-MD 4) from 1804 to 1810, succeeding Daniel Hiester and preceding Samuel Ringgold.

Biography
Roger Nelson was born in Frederick, Maryland in 1759, and he served in the militia during the American Revolutionary War, being wounded at the Battle of Camden and rising to the rank of Brigadier-General. He became a lawyer in Taneytown in 1805 and served in the House of Delegates in 1795 and from 1801 to 1802, in the State Senate from 1803 to 1804, and in the US House of Representatives from 1804 to 1810. He died in 1815.